Table 2.

Patient Satisfaction Outcomes and Complications Listed by Study

Reference	Condition	Tattoo service provider	No. of patients	Average follow-up period	Patient satisfaction	Complications
Traquina2	Scalp	Physician	62	1.5 mo	100% overall satisfaction	Frontal edema (1)
Park et al3	Scalp	Physician	80	6 mo	96% overall satisfaction	None reported
Mahajan et al4	Vitiligo	Physician (assumed)	30	6 mo	83.4% overall satisfaction	None reported
Ju et al5	Vitiligo	Physician (assumed)	14	1 mo	96% overall satisfaction	Erythema and swelling
Francis et al6	Vitiligo	Physician	30	75 mo	100% overall satisfaction	None
Guyuron and Vaughan7	Scars	Physician	18	17.39 mo	78% overall satisfaction	Initial hyperpigmentation
Drost et al8	Scars	Physician	56	Unknown	78% overall satisfaction	None reported
Yeates et al9	Scars	Medical tattoo practitioner	25	Unknown	88% overall satisfaction	None reported
Spear and Arias10	NAC	Physician and nurse	103	25.2 mo	83% overall satisfaction	Infection (5) Rash (1) Slough (1)
El-Ali et al11	NAC	Surgeon	40	14 mo	90% overall satisfaction	Infection (1) Slight fading an average of 32% (37)
Clarkson et al12	NAC	Nurse	36	Unknown	97% overall satisfaction	Rash (1)
Potter et al13	NAC	Nurse	14	3 mo	100% overall satisfaction	Slight fading (5)
Goh et al14	NAC	Nurse	110	38.5 mo	88% overall satisfaction	Minor dressing reaction Erythema
Liliav et al15	NAC	Surgeon (assumed)	29	8 mo	100% overall satisfaction	Irregular dye uptake
Smallman et al16	NAC	Surgeon and nurse	93	0.5 mo	93% overall satisfaction	None reported
Uhlmann et al17	NAC	PhD	20	Unknown	95% overall satisfaction	None reported
Cha et al18	NAC	Surgeon	95	6 mo	81% overall satisfaction	None reported
Starnoni et al19	NAC	Plastic surgery residents	48	12 mo	92% overall satisfaction	Scar dehiscence (3)

NAC, nipple-areola complex.